Employees at the company were told about the closure today and were cleaning out their offices, says Mario Nemirovsky, the founder and chief scientist for the company. "This is a sad day," he says.

Nemiriovsky says he had no information about what happens to customers with support contracts. "Hopefully they will get support," he says. Nobody else on the company's management team was answering the phone. Several of their voicemail boxes were full, and there was no live receptionist answering the main line.

ConSentry joins a growing list of NAC vendors that have either been bought, folded or changed direction since the concept of the technology came on the scene in 2003.

ConSentry started out selling NAC gear, but it was embedded in intelligent switches, and over time the company altered its marketing pitch to highlight other functionality.

It talked about user and application control, but the company faced an uphill battle against all the major switching vendors.

In order to buy into ConSentry, customers had to be willing to substitute ConSentry switches for legacy switches or install an extra layer of switches to distribute ConSentry's access controls to legacy access switches.

The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.

My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.

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